Privacy Policy

LAVENA Canada (“we”, “us” or “our”) developed this website (www.lavena.ca) to make it easy for our North American customers to purchase our products and make payments online. At LAVENA Canada, we sincerely respect your business and are committed to maintaining your privacy. We want you to feel safe about the information you share with us. We understand that privacy is important to both our online visitors and online store users. We respect your privacy and will take reasonable steps to protect your information. Hence, we’ve created a complete outline on how we use this information given to us by you. The following discloses the information gathering and dissemination practices for this website.Please also review our Terms of Service, which shall govern in the event of any inconsistency with this Privacy Policy.

What does this Privacy Policy apply to:This Policy applies to the www.lavena.ca website, including all subpages and successor pages (collectively referred to as the “Website”). This Policy does not apply to any website, product or service of any third-party company even if the website links to (or is linked from) our Website. LAVENA Canada does not operate or control those websites, products or services. Please always review the privacy practices of a company before deciding whether to provide any information.

How we collect information:We collect information from you by two means: when you fill out and send the contact form, which is strictly voluntary, and when you make purchases from our online store, by which you provide consent to use your information. When you browse our store, we also automatically receive your computer’s internet protocol (IP) address in order to provide us with information that helps us learn about your browser and operating system.Email marketing (if applicable): With your permission, we may send you emails about our store, new products and other updates.

Buying Online:Our online store purchase form may require users to give us contact information such as their name, email, postal address, phone number, credit card information or other details to help you with your experience. All transactions are secure and encrypted, and we never store your credit card information.

How do we get your consent?When you provide us with personal information to complete a transaction, verify your credit card, place an order, arrange for a delivery or return a purchase, we imply that you consent to our collecting it and using it for that specific reason only.If we ask for your personal information for a secondary reason, like marketing, we will either ask you directly for your expressed consent, or provide you with an opportunity to say no.

How do I withdraw my consent?If after you opt-in, you change your mind, you may withdraw your consent for us to contact you, for the continued collection, use or disclosure of your information, at anytime, by contacting us:

Email:info@lavena.ca

Mailing Address:LAVENA CANADA605 Royal York RoadToronto, ON M8Y 4G5Canada

How we use this information?:The information that you provide to LAVENA Canada can and may be used for the following purposes including, but not limited to: Tracking and confirming online orders, product deliveries, providing various customer services, administering promotions or surveys, sending marketing communications, fulfilling requests made by you, performing other business activities as needed, and generally to allow us to better service you in responding to your customer service requests.

Disclosure of Information:LAVENA Canada will never share or sell your personal information, including your email address, to other companies for any reason, except as required by law. However, we may need to share some of your personal information with other companies to provide services such as shipping or delivery. Any third party partner with whom LAVENA Canada conducts business and that is authorized to use your information is: Only allowed to use your information to perform the service for which they are hired, must abide by the terms of our privacy policy, must take reasonable measures to protect any shared information, and must comply with any applicable legal requirements regarding the privacy of your information.

Shopify:Our store is hosted on Shopify Inc. They provide us with the online e-commerce platform that allows us to sell our products and services to you.Your data is stored through Shopify’s data storage, databases and the general Shopify application. They store your data on a secure server behind a firewall.

Payment:If you choose a direct payment gateway to complete your purchase, then Shopify stores your credit card data. It is encrypted through the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS). Your purchase transaction data is stored only as long as is necessary to complete your purchase transaction. After that is complete, your purchase transaction information is deleted.All direct payment gateways adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover.PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of credit card information by our store and its service providers.For more insight, you may also want to read Shopify’s Terms of Service (https://www.shopify.com/legal/terms) or Privacy Statement (https://www.shopify.com/legal/privacy).

Third-party services:In general, the third-party providers used by us will only collect, use and disclose your information to the extent necessary to allow them to perform the services they provide to us.However, certain third-party service providers, such as payment gateways and other payment transaction processors, have their own privacy policies in respect to the information we are required to provide to them for your purchase-related transactions.For these providers, we recommend that you read their privacy policies so you can understand the manner in which your personal information will be handled by these providers.In particular, remember that certain providers may be located in or have facilities that are located a different jurisdiction than either you or us. So if you elect to proceed with a transaction that involves the services of a third-party service provider, then your information may become subject to the laws of the jurisdiction(s) in which that service provider or its facilities are located.As an example, if you are located in Canada and your transaction is processed by a payment gateway located in the United States, then your personal information used in completing that transaction may be subject to disclosure under United States legislation, including the Patriot Act.Once you leave our store’s website or are redirected to a third-party website or application, you are no longer governed by this Privacy Policy or our website’s Terms of Service.

Links:When you click on links on our store, they may direct you away from our site. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of other sites and encourage you to read their privacy statements.

Security:To protect your personal information, we take reasonable precautions and follow industry best practices to make sure it is not inappropriately lost, misused, accessed, disclosed, altered or destroyed.If you provide us with your credit card information, the information is encrypted using secure socket layer technology (SSL) and stored with a AES-256 encryption. Although no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, we follow all PCI-DSS requirements and implement additional generally accepted industry standards.

Cookies:Here is a list of cookies that we use. We’ve listed them here so you that you can choose if you want to opt-out of cookies or not. _session_id, unique token, sessional, Allows Shopify to store information about your session (referrer, landing page, etc). _shopify_visit, no data held, Persistent for 30 minutes from the last visit, Used by our website provider’s internal stats tracker to record the number of visits _shopify_uniq, no data held, expires midnight (relative to the visitor) of the next day, Counts the number of visits to a store by a single customer.cart, unique token, persistent for 2 weeks, Stores information about the contents of your cart. _secure_session_id, unique token, sessional storefront_digest, unique token, indefinite If the shop has a password, this is used to determine if the current visitor has access.

Age of consent:By using this site, you represent that you are at least the age of majority in your state or province of residence, or that you are the age of majority in your state or province of residence and you have given us your consent to allow any of your minor dependents to use this site.

Changes to this Privacy Policy:We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time, so please review it frequently. Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately upon their posting on the website. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here that it has been updated, so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we use and/or disclose it.If our store is acquired or merged with another company, your information may be transferred to the new owners so that we may continue to sell products to you.

Contact Us:If you have any questions about our privacy policy, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this website, please contact us using the information below.

Email:info@lavena.ca

Mailing Address:LAVENA CANADA605 Royal York RoadToronto, ON M8Y 4G5Canada

By using our Website or Services, you are accepting the practices described in this Policy. If you do not agree with this Policy, delete all cookies from your browser cache after visiting our Website and do not visit or use our Website or Services. Your continued use of our Website or Services signifies your acceptance of this Policy.